November 07, 2006

US Monkeys: Don't Forget to Vote! Here are 5 things you need to know on voting day (.pdf link). Here's information about how or where to vote, what to do if you have trouble voting, and information about your local candidates.

Help overturn the cliche that very few Americans vote, especially in midterm elections.

posted by meredithea 18 years ago
  • Vote early - vote often! Go Merkins go!
  • Cool links, meredithea! They didn't say anything about the approporateness of tap dancing in line at the polling place, but I plan on doing that whether it's approporate or not.
  • Don't forget to jazz hands the ballot, TUM.
  • If you vote where they use touch screen computers, it's probably not a good idea to vote a straight ticket.
  • I think tap dancing in line is completely appropriate. For some reason I feel like you should also wear one of those barbershop straw hats while you're doing it, though. It just seems more patriotic.
  • And ignore those horrible-sounding telemarketing calls from the GOP. God, I'm glad I'm not in the US right now.
  • I thought you people tap-dance on line.
  • Please, US monkeys, do vote! It is SO important!
  • Spot on, meredithea, thanks! This is going to be a very interesting election.
  • My ballot went off in the mail a while ago since I live in Canada. After the last election, I don't really dare to hope, however.
  • Ditto.
  • wow those mail ballots sound dangerous.
  • And if the machine you use registers 'Potato' when you select 'Tomato', yell, screech, fling poo and make it noticed!
  • I already sent in my ballot over a week ago. I hope it get counted, but somehow I suspect they redirect absentee ballots to /dev/null.
  • The best part about election day (other than, you know, hopefully exercising your democratic right to vote, blah blah...)? The end of nasty political ads! Yay!
  • What polls do I look at to tell what is happening, and how do I interpret them? US political shit is exciting & addictive, but arcane.
  • I usually check out CNN's election coverage, though Fox News is always good for a laugh (an igry laugh, but still). As for how to interpret what's going on, that's always kind of a crap shoot. I'm hoping that news outlets won't start quoting exit polls until at least about 7pm Eastern time (is that too much to hope?). I actually wish they wouldn't use exit polls at all, or election vote counts until 90% of the vote was in, because I think they affect how and if people vote too much.
  • I like Real Clear Politics as a poll aggregator. It openly favours the GOP, but its reporting is accurate. It'll give you a good idea of what's up for grabs today in terms of the House, Senate, and governorships. For up-to-the minute exit polls, I guess the wire services and the main networks. Interpret them with a heavy pinch of salt - there's a tendency for people to under-report or possibly misrepresent their voting behaviour on election day.
  • And, of course, there's always The Daily Show's live blog of the election, as well as their live "Midterm Midtacular".
  • Hmmm. Just explain to me who is winning, & when to gloat.
  • Oh just go ahead and gloat now.
  • Nothing to see here move along.
  • I voted! Did I win?
  • Luckily, in Indiana they outlawed prerecorded political calls, so when real people call I like to argue with them and see if I can get them to hang up on me.
  • If you read the blogs, the left is ejaculating all over themselves in anticipation. Using 2004 as a yardstick, this means that the democrats will be soundly defeated. So my prediction now is that the GOP keeps control of both chambers. Let's see how it goes.
  • Just used the touch-screen voting machines for the first-ever time. 'Now pretending to record your vote... done.' What a disgrace. What's more, they weren't even enclosed- you could easily look around the room and see how people were voting.
  • Arcane, indeed. I think we may have outgrown the Electrical College.
  • For those glued to the tube tonight, this PDF doc is a heckuva handy helper.
  • I remember one time when I voted in TX my polling place was at a mall, and they just handed us a ballot and directed us to the tables at the food court. People were sitting together at tables, discussing how they should vote, and it was very strange. Still, the ballots were nice and easy to understand (a scan-type ballot where you completed an arrow next to the candidate you wanted with a marker, rather than a punch-card or a touch screen). Today I'm voting after work, and from what I hear I get to use the touch screens. We'll see.
  • FBI looking into possible Va. voter intimidation There are also allegations that fliers that say, "Skip This Election," are blanketing African-American communities, News4 reported. *sigh*
  • And yes, I did vote this morning. Don't think I've ever felt so much anxiety over an election before (a mid-term election nonetheless!). No electronic voting mess here in Queens NYC, but surely some hanging paper chads will be found.
  • I could have done without the world "Coulter" and "probed" in the same sentence. *shudders* *showers*
  • Glitches Nationally, the states reporting the highest number of calls were Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Maryland and Arizona. The most common complaints involve: * Registration - voters arrive at the polls and find their names not on the list; * Identification - there’s confusion about acceptable forms of ID and in some places whether ID is even required at all; * Machines - people are having trouble both with electronic touchscreen machines and with the scanners on the optical scanner equipment. It is only 1:30 here in Wisconsin. We still have a lot of time for more complaints and fuck-ups.
  • "Don't think I've ever felt so much anxiety over an election before (a mid-term election nonetheless!)." What sugarmilktea said.
  • I am letting everyone from my office either extend their lunch by thirty minutes or get out thirty minutes early to go vote. Employers should really be encouraged to that.
  • I thought it was the law that employers had to allow their workers time to vote. Or maybe that's just in my state. Or maybe it's a myth. Anyway, I showed up half an hour late this morning, and no one groused.
  • handy printout, RTD, thanks!
  • Shall we live blog during the TV coverage, Pete?
  • Yes, do. Share the disappointment. Remark how unnerving it is to see David Brooks as gleeful as a little girl. Sorry, just don't think that all that much is gonna change. And having a Dem House may just provide a handy scapegoat for the continuing messitude.
  • Voting Machines Woes Cause Early Delays... Poll Workers Struggle With Touchscreen Tech... *PA Problems... **UPDATE: Polls ordered to stay open late in Indiana... ***Denver: Problems... ****Fixing charges fly in Utah town... *****Ky. Poll Worker Charged With 'Choking Voter'... ******Hundreds Get Wrong Ballots In Central Florida... *******FBI Investigating Va. Voter Calls... ********Dem lawyers in TN going to court to keep polls open late... *********FEDS SEND 850 OBSERVERS TO 22 STATES... **********S.C. Governor Forgets ID, Turned Away by Poll Worker... ***********BOMB THREAT AT WISCONSIN POLLING PLACE... ************RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: Man Smashes Touchscreen Voting Device in Pennsylvania... Good ole Drudge
  • Doh! I absentee voted myself out of free popcorn :( People who have the "I voted" sticker get a free bag, while I have to pay $4. I guess I could just mug somebody for the sticker, though. Any results/guesses/aspersions from out east, yet?
  • What sugarmilktea said. I find it has made my life easier to just agree with him on everything.
  • *gives nunia a cuddly wuddly noogie*
  • At the moment, CNN is doing their usual great job of saying that they don't know anything yet, they will soon, and they are interviewing each other to confirm those facts. How helpful.
  • This dingdang election better not bump House.
  • With luck it'll bump the House and the Senate!
  • oh noooo, lame joke kills thread the guilt!
  • *makes googly-eyed Hugh Laurie face at Pallas Athena*
  • nooooo! not the Hugh Laurie face! Those eyes... aaagggghhh, it burns
  • I wasn't gonna vote, but I did. Straight Green Party ticket (with the exception of the current rep from my district: a Dem who has been outspoken against the Iraq War).
  • Ah, thank you all you USian monkeys who came out to vote today. I and thousands of other election officials thank you (though where were the folks in those "sailor" straw hats?--that would have been fun). We had what may be a record turnout at our precinct and across our fair city...and possibly our fair state (VA) for a midterm. Woohoo!
  • If you're in VA, don't woohoo yet-- looks like there might be a recount in the wind.
  • Fingers crossed - looks like there's hope for change! It also looks like Miz Britney's divorce is more newsworthy than Iraq. Gack!
  • Oh, happy fuckin' day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Record turnouts........looks like a few people finally hit their wall. Good news abounds.
  • wow. nancy pelosi will become second in the line of succession. chy, you can start minor to medium gloating now. major gloating is contingent upon senate results.
  • We have the senate, I think. It's hard for me to think that Burns will be pulling ahead, and Allen's chances depend entirely on the recount conjuring up around 12K votes for him. Still possible, but he may decide to forgo the monetary risk. But I hate being in limbo. This race better not drag on as long as Bush/Gore or even Bush/Kerry.
  • OK, I'm gloating. In fact I have been all day.
  • Oh, and FUCK BUSH.
  • US Monkeys, well done on the House of Reps*, good luck on the Senate. We care over here. Mainly out of fear. Lots of monkeylove, Muteboy *or "tough shit you GOP fuck"
  • Come on Tester, hold onto that 2000 vote margin! Man, I'm glad I didn't stay up for the results last night.
  • We care over here. Mainly out of fear. *reaches for gun in HIDDEN POCKET of man purse*
  • There was only one person ahead of me in line, so there was only time for a couple of quick shuffle-ball-change steps. I hear from some online pals that election coverage from their local stations did indeed bump House in some areas. Others had a newscrawl at the bottom.
  • Frankly, I'm much more interested in seeing what Spitzer's coronation will produce, if his policy of naked ambition carefully aligned with public crusades will continue, and just how far it will go. People keep talking about Hilary in 2008, but Spitzer may just throw his hat in the ring. And it's good to see a Cuomo in office again. Not that I support political family dynasties, but for the Cuomos, I may make an exception.
  • I'm very sad that Harold Ford lost in Tennessee. Chanting lots of monkeyprayers the Dems get the Senate.......
  • Cthulu favors Dems because of monkey octopus thread.
  • Your pansy election would make for a very poor action movie. On the rez, however, we had a candidate personally confiscate ballot boxes and then flee from police in a high-speed chase!
  • That's the kind of participatory democracy we should all aspire to. If you're going to steal an election, do it right. Don't leave it up to the Supreme Court. Democracy in action, baby!
  • *reaches for gun in HIDDEN POCKET of man purse* *boils kettle, makes nice cup of tea* *frets*
  • That sounds like Texas politics, Nickdanger! I had my first voting experience in PA, and it was indeed weird to see a) Dems running unopposed for some elections (that *never* happens in TX!), and b) people I voted for win! Rick "homosexuality = beastiality and Iraq War = Lord of the RIngs" Santorum is out!!
  • Aah, but it's too bad, in a way. Not long from now, we'll long for the days when "Santorum" was on everybody's lips.
  • Capt: Ewwwwwwww. :)
  • Congratulations US monkeys! That sound you hear from up north is a huge sigh of relief.
  • Oh to be a paper shredder salesman in Washington today.
  • Story Highlights• NEW: Montana Democrat Jon Tester claims victory in tight Senate race
  • Dems take the House, Rummy resigns, could there BE a better day?
  • Thanks trac, you're the best.
  • )))!! Monkeybashi shoots - she scores! White House extends olive branch to House Wow, check out that pic of Tony Snow. Looks more like "Lurch" than ever.
  • It would appear that in the wake of a Democratic landslide in the House, the White House is looking to make nice with Pelosi and her counterparts after tussling with them on a variety of issues for six years. . . "Bush wants to go back to the Texas model. He's always reached out. He's been trying over the last couple of years with limited success," Snow said. Ugh. What a lying sack of shit. Even when he's intentionally being meaningless it stinks.
  • Yeah, congrats, Merkin Monkeys, but SIX FUCKING YEARS????
  • Congratulations, USA!
  • >>"Bush wants to go back to the Texas model. He's always reached out. He's been trying over the last couple of years with limited success," Snow said. How about if he just goes back to Texas, period? Funny how much more concerned you get about "reaching out" when the other person has the blank supoena forms in one hand and the pen in the other. Oh, and "YEA!"
  • I thought it was so tasteless of Santorum to have his family up on stage with him -- especially his kids, who looked so upset. Let them be upset privately rather than using them for a photo op!
  • We happy-danced all day at my office (lib'rul commie alt-weekly newspaper in a red state where Dems retook the governorship after 10 very, very long years). First the Cardinals win the Series, then this, on a sunny 75-degree day in November. Someone give me a million dollars now. *ducks to avoid shrapnel as wish-fulfillment machine explodes*
  • homonculus - I don't think that economic nationalism is going to be the democrats play. Nobody really believes you can roll back globalization. I think that was just to win the election - much like the talk by the Bushies about a constitutional amendment against gay marriage.
  • All you US monkeys will be laughing on the other side of your faces when gay terrorists with snow on their boots force you into unholy same sex unions. Mark my words.
  • Didn't do me any harm. Well done Ameri-monkeys. I'm proud of ya. Unless you voted the other way, in which case, have a manly pat on the back. Sorry dude.
  • That's manly pat with rude gesture that they can't see cos we're above all this really. Got Senate? homunculus, that's a funny link! Some of those are things I'd like to see. Not telling which. (23 obv for a start)
  • The Right was right They forgot Government-funded Gay Mexican Fiestas. Say hello to the new economic nationalists. It seems to me that economic populism and economic nationalism are tied together these days. Free trade rushed ahead as fast as it did under the republican government because it allows corporations to increase their profit margins on the backs of cheap outsourced labor. The negative effects it would have on certain sectors of our economy were ignored. (I don't think we need to seal all our borders and suspend all trade agreements. We need to adjust our economy to allow us to engage in free trade without screwing our own manufacturing workers. The article mentioned some of Clinton's ideas along these lines.)
  • I know what you're saying. You're saying, "sure, the Republicans ate a truckload of crow shit, but what does Ann Coulter think?" Okay, but you know she's really not right in the head, right? You're going to get upset by it. Okay! Go! Whom am I to tell you what to do? You want to click the link, click the link! It's not like it would kill you to not click the link and maybe call your Mothra once in awhile maybe, hmm?
  • You know, I could tolerate her view until she claimed that Reagan was "America's Greatest President". You know, better than that Lincoln guy even. For starters, Reagan could take a bullet like a man. Odd, usually the right takes care to mention that Lincoln was a Republican. Guess any similarity between Republicans then and now is entirely coincidental. Just like the Maple Leafs.
  • What's that macaca thinking? Beyond golden parachute to Halliburton?
  • Good point Louis, I wonder where all these genius chickenhawk chestbeaters of the ShrubCo war will head off to. Who's lining up to employ Mr. Rick "Man-on-dog" Santorum? Plenty of corporations, I'm sure. But who will win that magical lottery?
  • She's a little too "right" in the head.
  • Who's lining up to employ Mr. Rick "Man-on-dog" Santorum Maybe he can get a temp job helping Cheney with all the shredding he's going to do before the investigations start.
  • I'm reading now that Pelosi and Dean have said that there will be no impeachment hearings, no subpoenas, no investigations, etc.- that what we're going to do is 'reach across the aisle, join hands and work together' and so on. In other words, tacitly endorse and approve the work of the wiretappers, the torturers, the war profiteers, the murderers of ~600K civilians. If that's how it plays out, I have cast my last vote for a Democratic candidate.
  • I'm reading now that Pelosi and Dean have said that there will be no impeachment hearings, no subpoenas, no investigations, etc. Do you have a link? Impeachment is off the table, but no investigations at all? After years of "take that, bitch" I think they'll want a little revenge at least, but we may not know until January. If that's how it plays out, I have cast my last vote for a Democratic candidate. You and me both.
  • "Impeachment is off the table, but no investigations at all?" Pelosi said this before the elections. It would have been unwise to talk about impeachments & investigations before people went to the polls, to avoid any bullshit in the media & so forth. Bush is incredibly unpopular, & the Democrats will realise that a majority of those who voted them their mandate will be in favour of, at the very least, investigations. I would imagine that what Pelosi said before is no longer a given. But I would expect at least a year before things start to heat up. It's possible that the Dems may think that investigating Bush would be 'bad for the country' & a risk before 2008. In that case, it is up to the voters to send a clear message to them.
  • I almost peed my pants watching Colbert last night. Good stuff.
  • >>It would have been unwise to talk about impeachments & investigations before people went to the polls, This is true. I wish I felt confident that the Democrats'll be kicking ass and taking names once they work up to it. I guess time will tell...
  • So you'd rather have more partisan bickering, namecalling and revenge than a functioning government trying to cooperate their way out of the giant hole the nation finds itself in? You're in for decades of back-and-forth Dem/Repub majorities trying to outscrew and outrevenge each other meanwhile the citizens lose every time. Good luck with that.
  • Rocket's right. And to add a bit, nothing will be gained with investigations and revenge. We all know what happened, or, we all will in the fullness of time. That's enough. Lawsuits just drag things on and on, and these guys are all so well-connected with the judiciary and monied interests, that in the end, nothing would happen anyway. Revenge is their game. We cannot legitimize that view by doing it ourselves. Yes, something will be lost by that approach. But in the long run, our hands are clean, and we can call for changes to the whole shitty process without it being labelled as simple and blind party politics.
  • Revenge, maybe not. But there's so much crookedness and malfeasance and lying and other assorted assholery that has to be stopped, and fixed, and if the Dems shy away from whatever's necessary to make sure that happens -- if they don't do something about the Halliburton contracts, etc. -- then they will be failing monumentally, and they'll lose a lot of people in 2008. They were elected to change things, not to make nice. You can seek justice without being motivated by revenge.
  • >>So you'd rather have more partisan bickering, namecalling and revenge than a functioning government trying to cooperate their way out of the giant hole the nation finds itself in? Again- people were tortured in my name. ~600K civilians were murdered in my name. Billions of dollars have disappeared without any accountability. Appalling lies were told to justify appalling acts. Your shabby attempt to gloss over what these people did is partisan. Expecting that wrongs be redressed is not.
  • I'm afraid I must disagrBLOOD!!! KICK HIS FUCKING ASS!!! *cough* Yes, well, um, yes. Bygones should not be bygones. No spirit of bipartisan cooperation has ever existed on the part of this most flagrantly corrupt administration. It is the simple case that an American representative republic cannot exist without accountability. Since all efforts to hold George W. Bush and his administration accountable thus far have been stymied by means formal and inappropriate, if not illegal, it is incumbent upon this new majority to pursue every available remedy. The fraudulent war in Iraq, the callous deficit spending, the utter disdain for privacy rights (not to mention human rights), and the undermining of the fragile balance of power set forth in the Constitution is such a misuse - an arrogant, flagrant misuse - of the authority given to this administration by US citizens that it demands extensive investigative and punitive measures. If this newly elected Democratic majority does not pursue such measures vigorously and ceaselessly then they have utterly failed to preserve both the spirit and the structure of the political system they were elected to.
  • And in news completely unrelated other than in an untangibly symbolic statement on American democracy: George Washington was beheaded last week.
  • (untangible? intangible.)
  • I'm an Independent, uh, no, uhh, I'm a Democrat! Why does always seem like such an ass?
  • It reminds me of a Monty Python sketch. Lieberman: No, no, it's spelled "independent" but it's pronounced "Democrat."
  • Lieberman subverts the party machinery and gets to keep his seniority. It'd almost be an uplifting underdog story, if it wasn't Joe Lieberman.
  • You cannot have a functional government without some accountability. At the very least there should be investigations into the failures and manipulation of intelligence before the Iraq war, and the profiteering that has gone on since. After all the loss of blood and treasure, to not investigate and hold people to account would be ridiculous.
  • Your shabby attempt to gloss over what these people did is partisan Help me out here...show me the part where I glossed over stuff. I'd like nothing more than to see Bush impeached and the whole lot of them prosecuted. But it's not an easy process, and will definitely widen the political gap and entrench an ultra combative political partisanship for decades. In the meantime, you're nose-down at 1000ft and falling fast, and someone should give some thought to pulling out of the dive. But hey, it's not my country...
  • It's wise to be cautious rocket, and I don't think you're wrong about the entrenchment and the combative nature of it, but this administration has gone so far over the line so many times that for Congress to not investigate, or otherwise act like the balance of power it's intended to be would just miss the point of this political system. If we want to avoid partisan bickering, we could just make George the ruling King he acts like he is. That an attempt to make this administration accountable would bog things down is testament to the shameful way the Republican party has acted. That party is responsible for this administration. The ridiculous use of "signing statements", the blatant disregard for FISA procedures, the creation of outside agencies to manipulate and distort intelligence in order to drive us into a long protracted occupation - These aren't relatively meaningless issues such as impeaching a sitting President for lying about a blowjob. THAT'S a wasteful, meaningless, partisan fight that should have been avoided. This opportunity to investigate, subpoena and indict the administration for this gross misconduct is unique and timely, and the Democrats had better take that bet lest they lose not only their relevance but the entire practical meaning of a checks-and-balances form of government.
  • I'll whole-heartedly second that.
  • These aren't relatively meaningless issues such as impeaching a sitting President for lying about a blowjob. THAT'S a wasteful, meaningless, partisan fight that should have been avoided. I agree. I also agree that investigations are in order, but they should be in the spirit of fixing the system and making sure travesties like the last 6 years don't happen again, not out of revenge because "they impeached our guy". I sense some hand-rubbing and "now it's our turn" from some on the left, and I don't think it's the right way to go.
  • I certainly don't have any feelings of revenge for what Clinton went through, but I'll be damned if I sit down quietly and pretend that everything BushCo has gotten away with can just be quietly brushed under the rug (and what a hairy beast that is!). As far as I'm concerned, this is my last chance at giving the Dems an opportunity to stand up for the Rights of the Citizens of the United States of America. And if they let it go to waste, then I say, fuck 'em all. /spittle
  • >>I also agree that investigations are in order, but they should be in the spirit of fixing the system "Fixing the system" sounds suspiciously like a euphemism for 'making sure the people who criminally abused their power suffer no consequences'. Investigations should be in the spirit of punishing malfeasance. Anything less amounts to an admission that the President is above the law. We either explicitly condemn this shit, or we tacitly approve it.
  • nothing will be gained with investigations and revenge My take would be, crime shouldn't be seen to pay (although it clearly does) (no disrespect, by the way)
  • Paladin would clean house. *does quick draw of imaginary gun I always carry on me*
  • "Fixing the system" sounds suspiciously like a euphemism for 'making sure the people who criminally abused their power suffer no consequences' No, "fixing the system" means your political system sucks, and it needs to be fixed. I don't speak in euphemisms.
  • "I don't speak in euphemisms" is an euphemism for "I fuck goats", right? Just making sure.
  • That was implied.
  • >>No, "fixing the system" means your political system sucks, Well, okay- let's fix the system, then, by all means. However, the immediate problem seems to me to be that the executive branch is a hideout for a bunch of criminals right now, so I'd say we should deal with that, rather than addressing our complaints in some more general way to 'the system'. The system has some rather nice checks and balances built into it, which unfortunately stop working when you've got sock puppets where there should be a Congress and a Fourth Estate...
  • Republicans Explain What Happened (This Modern World via Salon)
  • John "roll-me-over-when-you're-done" McCain forms exploratory committee for Presidency, just after Rudy "everyone-forgets-I-was-an-asshole-and-a-has-been-on-Sept.-10th" Guiliani. America -- word of caution from the rest of us -- if you elect either of these guys, you're on your own.
  • Guiliani has no chance in hell. St McCain has more chance, but will likely screw up somehow. Besides, he won't get support from his own party, he's made too many enemies. If Bush puts more troops in to Iraq, which is McCain's platform, as such, then he'll be screwed because he'll have nothing to run on.
  • Re: mayor with 0 votes: Wooten got the news from his wife, Roxanne, who went to City Hall on Wednesday to see the election results. "She saw my name with zero votes by it. She came home and asked me if I had voted for myself or not. I told her I did," said Wooten, owner of a local bar. I guess his wife voted for someone else, then.
  • Besides, he [McCain]won't get support from his own party, he's made too many enemies. If that's the case, it just makes is disgraceful toadying and torture-promotion that much more a flaming trainwreck of shame. I don't believe it, but there it is. America -- word of caution from the rest of us -- if you elect either of these guys, you're on your own. Oh, c'mon now Canada - you'll still love us! C'mon now, who's our little great white north? Hah? You! Yes you are! Yes you are you wooggy woogy woosums! *blows raspberries on Canada's naked tummy*
  • Guiliani has no chance in hell. I dunno. He's the man everyone wishes Bush could've ended up to be, based on his post-9/11 performance. A prick through and through, sure, but the record shows that often doesn't worry U.S. voters.
  • Sen. Tim Johnson, D-South Dakota, was hospitalized Wednesday after he suffered stroke-like symptoms in his Washington office, his staff said. Should Johnson not be able to complete his term, which ends in 2008, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, a Republican, could appoint his replacement, which could shift the balance of power in the Senate. *cues Jaws theme*
  • Ok, the Republican majority in my office is smirking and gloating on this news of Sen. Johnson. I wouldn't put it past them to wish for the worst (in regards to his current condition). Nice.
  • This is what I'm saying. This "spirit of co-operation" and other assorted "bipartisan" spewage ejaculated by the Republicans following the last election's asskickery is just that - bullsh*t. IMPEACH THE CRIMINAL TORTURER FFS Stupid Democrats.
  • Somehow I missed this totally predictable affront to journalism: "be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents, who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Dem controlled Congress," and "just because Dems won, the war on terror isn't over." Did you guess Fox News talking points? Mmm. Fair and Balanced!
  • This Pew Internet PDF Report (see page 6) says: People who voted Republican get their news from Fox and the radio People who voted Democratic get their news from CNN and newspapers. Both groups used the Intertubes equally. tawk amongst yaselves.
  • Get out the...vote, with the Voter Turnout Bra.
  • According to Triumph’s press release, voter turnout in Japan, which averaged 70% to 90% about 30 years ago, has fallen to between 10% and 30% in recent years. Pfft. Copycats.
  • Va-va-va-vote!
  • Votescam
  • One of many sure to follow, I'm sure...
  • U.S. Monkeys - remember to go vote! It's an off year, but still. (Last year my polling place gave out Fig Newtons. I guess they could have been left over from a blood drive or something, but free cookies is free cookies.)